Vitamin D Deficiency – A Leading Cause of Diseases

September 2, 2008 by Kevin Flatt  
Filed under Osteoporosis, Vitamin D Benefits

Vitamin D deficency can lead to cancer, osteoporosis and bone fractures. Viatmin D, the classical vitamin related to bone health, improves bone strength mainly by increasing intestinal calcium absorption and reabsorption of calcium by the kidney. Several intervention studies demonstrated in humans that vitamin D can improve bone status as measured by bone density. (Int [...]

Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency

August 29, 2008 by Kevin Flatt  
Filed under Cancer Breast, Vitamin D Benefits

Vitamin D and Cancer
There now seems to be a connection between breast, colon and prostate cancer and a lack of Vitamin D.
Even more amazing, one expert believes 25 per cent of breast cancer deaths could be avoided if the women had maintained adequate vitamin D levels throughout their life…This raises some big questions for Australians [...]